Mark Your Calendar

SANFORD — Curtis Lake Church at 38 Westview Drive serves free community meals every Monday at 5:30 p.m. A church service follows the meal at 6:15 p.m. For more information, call 324-0652.

HEALTH

SANFORD — The American Red Cross has blood drives planned in Sanford throughout February. The drives will be held at Walgreens on Main Street from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 10; at the Sanford-Springvale YMCA on Levasseur Drive Drive, off River Street, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 19; and at North Parish Church on Main Street from 12 to 6 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 25. For more information, visit online at www.redcross.org.

HISTORY

SPRINGVALE — On Thursday, Feb. 21, Lawrence Furbish will give a talk at the Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum on the history of Northern Germany. Last spring, Furbish spent a month in Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, and northern Lower Saxony, and his program will relate history with his travels. Furbish is a member of the Sanford-Springvale Historical Society’s board of directors. The museum is located at 505 Main Street. Furbish’s presentation is free and open to the public and will start at 7 p.m. The museum is handicapped-accessible. For more information, call 324-2797.

SPRINGVALE — The Sanford-Springvale Historical Museum at 505 Main St. is open from 2 to 8 p.m. on Thursdays, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays, and from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays.

VALENTINE’S DAY

SANFORD — Calling all fathers and daughters in grades K through 8! The Sanford-Springvale YMCA will hold its annual Father-Daughter Valentine’s Dance at the St. Ignatius Parish hall on Riverside Avenue on Saturday, Feb. 9, from 6 to 8 p.m. The gym will be transformed into a fantasy land of pink and red flower petals, glistening lights and tiaras. This is a great event for dads and daughters to spend a special night dancing, laughing and making memories to last a lifetime. Due to the popularity of this event, tickets will not be sold on the day of the event or at the door. Tickets are now on sale at the Y off River Street until Friday, Feb. 8. For more information, call 324-4942 or send an email to kgilbert@sanfordymca.org.

SPRINGVALE — A Valentine’s Dance will be held at the Nasson Community Center at 457R Main Street on Saturday, Feb. 9, from 8 to 11 p.m. DJ Dick Fredette and his Moonlight Music will provide songs from the 1950s up through the 1980s. The dress code for the evening is casual. There will be a cash bar, a 50/50 raffle and free popcorn, courtesy of the Sanford Lions Club. Admission will be $10 per person.

WORKSHOPS

ALFRED — Are you a maple syrup enthusiast? Do you tap a few trees or wish you knew how? Members of the Southern Maine Maple Sugarmakers will host a hobbyist workshop at Gile’s Family Farm Sugar House at 147 Shaker Hill Road on Saturday, Feb. 9, from 10 a.m. to noon. To request more information or to register, please contact Debi Hartford at 793-8886 or taps@metrocast.net.

SPRINGVALE — Sanford Community Adult Education (SCAE) will host a Healthcare Careers Information Workshop at 21 Bardeen Street on Monday, Feb. 11, from 6 to 8 p.m. Both current and prospective students are invited to attend to hear about the SCAE’s various health training programs and local job opportunities. Representatives of local organizations such as York County Community College, Goodwill, Career Center and Goodall Hospital will attend. SCAE instructors will also be available to answer questions along with representatives of local employment agencies and health care employers. Refreshments will be served, and everyone from the community is invited.

SANFORD — The Sanford Springvale SALT (Seniors and Law Enforcement Together) Council will host a “Community at Work” workshop at the Y Trafton Center at 19 Elm Street on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 2 p.m. The purpose of the workshop will be to show residents all the ways in which they can volunteer in the community. Those who attend will be able to speak directly with representatives from such local organizations as the YMCA, the Trafton Center, Goodall Hospital, Southern Maine Agency on Aging, the Salvation Army, Visiting Nurses, Sanford Downtown Legacy, York County Community Action, the Nasson Community Center, Caring Unlimited, food pantries, Waban Projects, the Greenwood Center, Literacy Volunteers of Maine, the libraries, Allied Health and SS Network, and more. A suggested donation of $2 will be requested. Light refreshments will be provided. Please call Thea Murphy at 457-0080 for more information.

SANFORD — The Cancer Care Center of York County, located on Eagle Drive, invites cancer patients, families, and caregivers to a free “Positive Affirmation Workshop” on Thursday, Feb. 14, from noon to 1 p.m. Joanne Bargioni, a certified Reiki master-teacher, will discuss the importance of daily affirmations and how to write effective affirmations. Affirmations are the assertion that something exists or is true. Each attendee will walk away with their own personal affirmation. “You are what you think you are; make a change in 2013,” Bargioni said. She has been a Reiki practitioner for more than 15 years and has experience training practitioners in Massachusetts and Maine. Light refreshments will be served. To register, please contact Shannon at 207-459-1658.